Janice Tanton

Janice Tanton is a Canadianartist.

Tanton was born on October 25, 1961, in Oshawa, Ontario, and is the daughter of George and Jacqueline Tanton. Her birth parents were Doug Hunter and Louise Brown, both deceased, of Toronto. After graduating from R.S. McLaughlin C.V.I., she attended the BFA (Acting) program at the University of Windsor for two years^[1] and continued her post-secondary education, graduating from the Graphic Design Program at Durham College.^[2] Tanton continued her interest in the arts, working professionally in theatre, graphic design, and sales, and launched an art publishing and design company in 1989.^[3]

She sold her original and published artwork in Canada and the United States, while operating two commercial galleries in Burford and Stratford, Ontario. She was a delegate to the first 1999 Businesswomen's Summit between Canada and the U.S. She has held membership in the Society of Tempera Painters, Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), and WEC (Women Entrepreneurs of Canada) and has participated on Team Canada Trade and Export missions.

From 1996 to 2006, she was the creative director and illustrator of Country Home Candle. She illustrated the series, "Some Beary Nice Places" and "Christmas Memories" of plates for the Bradford Exchange. In 2010, Tanton, along with Chrissy Nickerson, Landon Giauque, Pascale Ouellet (Bigoudi), Susan Padula, were a part of the Corridor Collective Studio and Gallery founded by Cheryl Baxter and Chris Beck.^[4]

Tanton mentors and instructs a number of Canadian artists and youth community arts programs, and maintains a studio practice in Canmore, Alberta.

She works primarily in oils.

Tras mudarse a Canmore, Alberta, con su familia en febrero de 2005, Tanton se convirtió en la Gerente del Programa de Liderazgo y Gestión Indígena en Desarrollo de Liderazgo en el Centro Banff para las Artes y la Creatividad. ^{[ 3 ] [ 5 ]} En abril de 2008, el Anciano Tom Crane Bear de la Primera Nación Siksika (Blackfoot) diseñó el tipi para conmemorar el 75.º aniversario del Centro Banff, unas semanas antes de la disculpa del gobierno canadiense a los pueblos indígenas. El diseño fue transferido a ella y a Brian Calliou (Director del Programa de Liderazgo Indígena) y sus familias en una ceremonia dirigida por los Ancianos Blackfoot Bruce y Anne-Marie Wolfchild, y presenciada y a la que asistieron la Gobernadora General Michaëlle Jean y su esposo Jean-Daniel Lafond . Tanton y su familia fueron adoptados por el Anciano Tom Crane Bear y ella recibió el nombre Blackfoot de "Iniskimaki" (Mujer de Piedra de Búfalo). ^{[ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 3 ]}

En 2008, fue nombrada Alumna Distinguida por el Durham College . ^{[ 2 ]} En 2009, recibió una beca del Consejo de las Artes de Canadá para un proyecto individual de artes visuales para producir The Community Fusion Project. ^{[ 8 ]}